James Parkinson memorial day: The man behind shaking palsy



James Parkinson FGS (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) was a surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for his 1817 work, ‘An Essay on the Shaking Palsy’, in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that later became known as Parkinson's disease.James Parkinson was born in Hoxton and was a dresser to Richard Grindall, surgeon to The London Hospital, for six months in 1776. To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of ‘An Essay on the Shaking Palsy’ ‘The James Parkinson Memorial Day’ will be hosted on the Whitechapel campus of Queen Mary University London, the site of the London Hospital Medical College.Read more
'The things you can't get from the books'

Parkinson's Academy, our original and longest running Academy, houses 20 years of inspirational projects, resources, and evidence for improving outcomes for people with Parkinson's. Led by co-founder and educational director Dr Peter Fletcher, the Academy has a truly collegiate feel and prides itself on delivering 'the things you can't get from books' - a practical learning model which inspires all Neurology Academy courses.